, not even the “salsa” they served on the side, but it was serviceable, if not, to borrow scrumptiouschef’s term, intensely delicious. I got a wheat tortilla filled with fluffy scrambled eggs (must have had some...

ingredients. Please do join us! All you need to do is buy or borrow (the library is a COTM’s participant’s best friend) a copy of the books (just one or all of them, whichever works best for you) and then, on June 1...

Used to be owned by Zal Yanovsky, member of Lovin' Spoonful, now gone. He was quite a personality with a quirky sense of humour ( and temper ) who no doubt was the originator of the name.

inquired about their favorite Tokyo yakitori joints, they even brought in a guidebook to Japanese yakitori for me to borrow!), neighborhood hole in the wall vibe, a romantic spot on the Redondo Beach pier right next to Quality...

I loved that stick! I liked it better than the sugar! Who ever thought of that as a candy, anyway? Straight sugar with a spoon! Genius!

well. Mixture will be thin. Pour about 2/3 of the cornmeal mixture into baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese; spoon bean mixture over all. Spoon remaining cornmeal mixture around the edge of the casserole. Bake, uncovered, until...

accounts.. you normally learn of peasants eating porridges & soups using spoons. But maybe Sicilian & Neapolitan peasants are particularly Macho and eat their soup with their hands.. although I really thought my relatives in...

ingredients so if you ever find yourself late at night with an empty fridge, you know what to do. Skip the step about melting down the anchovies in a hot water bath. Just ma with a wooden spoon against the pan at low heat. Other...

objects and greens of varying chewy textures, caught the flavor of the subtle broth (sufficiently kicked up with just a dab of the hot condiment of the house) like a second spoon. Like all fresh noodles, it retained its' texture...

Thanks! I’ve cooked from another Wells book borrowed from a friend a couple of years ago and really liked it – Vegetable Harvest was an anomaly (sp?) - but I appreciate your comments!

In another topic, I think I raised some hackles by humorously referring to popcorn as ethnic American food. Behind it was the simple observation that we have a culture, too, and we have food mores. If we grant that we have...

that wasn’t happening. He took a spoon and tasted it and I’ll never forget the look on his face. If there had been a hole to crawl in, he would have. He had put a cup of salt in, instead of sugar. They had been in...

: the bangla ... er, that was borrowed from manna dey. but good comments. good background explanation at the “more about this video” link at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q15tdhk89TY [it’s a famous bengali song...

on Saturday nights. Frannie always borrowed the same books from the library each week and spent her allowance on wafers to munch on while reading those books along with a glass of ice water. I need to read it again very soon.

an unfair burden on us by not spoon-feeding us. And tied to is is the assumption that what we don’t know, most other people don’t either, and what we do know, everyone should. An assumption of universal understanding....